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Bringing commuters to Tokyo from neighboring Saitama Prefecture, the Saikyo Line, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), is one of the busiest in the metropolitan area. During morning rush hour its trains are packed to 200 percent c...

The latest addition to Crunchyroll's summer anime lineup is none other than Monogatari Second Season. The sequel anime series is set to kick off for both free and premium users simultaneously on Tuesday, August 6 at 10:00am Pacific.

Hot on the heels of their hugely successful recreation of the zombies, characters, and pasta dishes from the hit video game and movie franchises Resident Evil, Universal Studios Japan (USJ) is teaming up with Capcom once again this summer to bring...

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster will have a new 30-minute-long drama that will play during the compilation's credits sequence, this week's issue of Shounen Jump magazine reports from Japan. This 30-minute sequence will feature newly recorded voi...

Previously, we let you in on Jump Square's announcement for a Rurouni Kenshin live-action trilogy covering the Great Kyoto Fire and Legend's End arcs. Now, the man chosen to play the infamous assassin of Kyoto has been revealed.

Nendoroid Nana Mizuki Preview Mika-tan has uploaded some preview images of the upcoming exclusive Nendoroid Mizuki Nana which would be on sale at all 11 performances of her LIVE CIRCUS 2013 live tour. She is posed in the waitress outfit seen in he...

"Key to winning is lust"; Ichiei Ishibumi's light novels also inspires 2nd anime season This week's issue of Enterbrain's Famitsu magazine is revealing an "erotic battle adventure game" inspired by the High School DxD light novel series and anime ...

Sony have announced the next batch of games that will be joining the PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection in North America. The following games will be free to PS Plus members during the month of July: Battlefield 3 (PS3) – $39.

This past weekend, Asiasoft kicked off MapleSEA's 8th anniversary celebrations with the first round of its Maple Party Bus promotional tour, which brought the party (and exclusive sale items) to their fans in several heartland locations, as well a...

The newly-opened official site for the TV anime adaptation of Sayaka Mogi's horror manga pupa announced today that the anime series will start airing in Japan in this fall. It was previously announced at Anime Contents Expo 2013 in March that the ...

In the classic Japanese anime Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the heroine Nausicaä flies a glider called a "Mehve". The anime might be a work of fiction, but the glider isn't. Not any more. Since 2003, Kazuhiko Hachiya has been working on a re...

Hark! More streaming anime announcements from Crunchyroll are in the pipe for today, and the first title coming your way is Fantasista Doll, which is set to broadcast every Sunday starting on July 7, at 11:30a.

News Team Online Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 6546 It is announced in this week's Shounen Jump that the manga "Saiki Kusuo no Ψ Nan" will be adapted into a flash anime series. Studio, staff, cast, schedule and broadcast channel information are not anno...

Fantasista Doll Ads Preview OP and ED The two commercials for anime series Fantasista Doll is now available for viewing. The first commercial previews the Blu-ray and DVD releases, and the second commercial advertises the OP Ima yo!

Though there's currently little information on it, Japanese gaming mag Weekly Famitsu reveals that a Highschool DxD game is in the works for Nintendo 3DS. We'll have to wait a bit longer to learn about the game type, release date, and more.

Lightning Cosplays as Cloud in Lightining Returns Square Enix has revealed that first copies of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII game will include a costume of Final Fantasy VII's Cloud Strife, as well as his weapon, the Buster Sword.

Cosplayers fumble with needles and machines, artists desperately make phone call after phone call asking where their damn prints are and the other attendees look at their bank balance and gulp with nervousness.

Part I of Shingeki no Kyojin is now over. Time to get excited for Part II, am I right? Full Review Without trying to sound negative, I'd like to convey my joy for Part I wrapping up just as I finish my real life priorities.

I've been wondering about this for awhile now… (=ﾟωﾟ=) Where did this Ulti-Madoka come from? ! She's listed on both the Hobby Japan website and the Good Smile Website… and according to both she's going to be included as an extra to a magazine!

First Impressions - Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi Summer season, start. LiA kicks off the season with another "earlycast" from Niconico, with the usual craptacular quality. If I decide to stick with Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi it's going to be a s...

I hope you like history because as we all know, Samurai recite history verbatim to one another to reiterate stories they should already know! I cannot emphasize to you the boring of the first 6 minutes of this show.

I've been a fan of Tatsuya Fujiwara for quite some time. His super melodramatic performance as Light Yagami in both Death Note films was a blast to watch, and over the past six or so years he's grown a lot as an actor.

「変態王子と記憶の外」 (Hentai Ouji to Kioku no Soto) "The Pervert Prince and Outside the Memories" There was one piece of the puzzle required to make the plot make sense, and we finally got it. The self-sacrificing hero and his memories…I would expect no le...

New Gundam series: Gunpla Build Fighters Coming in October! The next iteration of the Gundam franchise has been announced, with an air date set for October. Throw in a dash of Level 5's Danball Senki and you have Gunpla Build Fighters!